kamran khokher, FTTx/ OSP manager

kamran khokher

FTTx/ OSP manager

Dong Ah Saudi Arabia Co. Ltd

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electronice & Telecom
Experience
14 years, 7 Months

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Total years of experience :14 years, 7 Months

FTTx/ OSP manager at Dong Ah Saudi Arabia Co. Ltd
  • Saudi Arabia - Mecca
  • My current job since May 2016

I am working in OSP Implementation project as FTTx Manger for Saudi Telecom Company through Dong Ah-Saudi Arabia Co. Ltd and working on FTTX/OSP network for Saudi Telecom Company leading a team of engineers for survey, design and as built for all civil, Fiber, FTTH, FTTM, Key Account users, MSAN and copper work orders for STC network Saudi Arabia.

 Preparing PIP as per agreed commitment and customer's target date.
 Update the progress report on daily basis and follow up from field teams.
 Supervising the project resources to assure achieving targeted goals.
 Identifying the resource and their requirement and planning there mobilization.
 Assigning task to OSP (civil and fiber) team & ensuring their compliance as per SLA.
 Discuss issues related to field teams and take necessary action to close them.
 Field teams coordination to provide them technical support for field activity.
 To discuss issues related to field teams survey report with design team and take necessary action to close them.
 Finalize the survey report and ensure that it is as per standard and meets all requirements.
 Planning & Conducting AT (Acceptance Test) for the site.

Team Leader at Detecon Al Saudia Company Limited
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • April 2014 to December 2015

Currently, I am working in Network Link Resilience project as Team Leader for Saudi Telecom Company through Detecon Al-Saudia Co. Ltd and I am responsible for:
 Planning, Designing, Mapping and Maintaining the Transmission Network Infrastructure.
 Designing of Inside Plant Management (ISP) and Outside Plant Management (OSP) that matches Real-World conditions.
 Planning and Designing of Ring & Link Diversity solution for LDN, Junction and Access Network.
 Quality Assurance for Inside Plant Management (ISP) and Outside Plant Management (OSP).
 Maintain and update Engineering records of the Network including Network Geo Maps, Single Line Diagram and OSP Civil Route.
 Coordination with Project stakeholders and Project Management to clarify the SOW for the smooth operation of project.
 Coordination and working with Field Engineering Teams, Fixed Network Implementation Team, Fixed and Transport Design Team, Network Management System (NMS) Team and Network Engineer Core Team to provide necessary information and data updates.
 Preparation of all Engineering and Technical Reports.
 Handling & managing 15 field teams.
 Assigning task to all the teams & ensuring their compliance as per SLA.
 Prepared schedules for workforce and provided regular reports for the same.
 I have well experience to work with team having different nationalities people.

O&M Team Leader at Detecon Al Saudia Company Limited
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • November 2012 to January 2014

Worked in FTTH/Copper O&M project as I was responsible for:

Administrative

 Office correspondence & administrative work.
 Desktop/Laptop Computer Network operation in office Window / Excel etc for Email correspondence preserving of technical data & record of FTTH & Copper O&M, installation & office record as well.

Technical

 Understand the building blocks of an FTTH network.
 Understand the physical network layout and topology of an FTTH network with hands on exposure to System such as OLTs, ONTs and Splitters etc.
 Installation, Maintenance and Testing of Optical Fiber Distribution Frame & Optical Fiber Joint Enclosure.
 Preparation and Installation of Splitters at Different exchanges and Outdoor Fiber Cabinets.
 Patching at Exchanges from OLT to Splitters and Splitters to ODF, and also patching in Outdoor Fiber Cabinets.
 Troubleshooting in FTTH network using OTDR, Source Meter, Power Meter and Visual Fault Locater.
 Ability to use and read Schematic and Plant diagram for performing the given jobs.
 Understand the building blocks of Copper network.
 Worked as Fiber Technician in ARAMCO (CDC Project Dammam) using OTDR, Source Meter, Power Meter Visual Fault Locater and rectification of faults.

QC and O&M Supervisor at LT Engineering & Trade Services pvt ltd
  • Pakistan - Rawalpindi
  • April 2009 to November 2012

Worked as Supervisor in Quality Control Lab, FOC jointing and O&M I was responsible for:

 Perform all Optical, Mechanical and Environmental Tests of Optical Fiber cable according to ITU and IEC Standards.
 Managing all Quality control activities in production area.
 Attending and handling customer complains during FOC Optical & Mechanical tests.
 Execution of customer pre-shipment inspection.
 Use of Optical Fiber Fusion Splicing Machines FSM-50S, FSM-60S.
 Installation and maintenance of Optical Fiber Distribution Frame & Optical Fiber Joint Enclosure.
 Supervisor during different Optical Fiber Laying and Termination projects.
 Coordination with customer and support engineer.
 Coordination with Civil Work Teams and Site Engineering teams.
 Devise mechanism for Fiber Optic cable laying, bridge attachments, and define the procedures that help out the teams in the maintenance process of fiber optic cable like in jointing and removing pressure points.
 Preparation of all Engineering and Technical Reports.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electronice & Telecom
  • at Preston University
  • February 2012

B-Tech in Electronics

Diploma, Telecom
  • at Govt Poly Technic Institute Sargodha
  • September 2008
High school or equivalent, Science
  • at New Bright Star Model High School Sargodha
  • August 2003

Specialties & Skills

OPTICAL FIBER TESTING
Splicing
Autocad
MS Office
Team Manangement
Google Earth

Languages

Arabic
Beginner
English
Intermediate
Urdu
Expert
Punjabi
Expert

Training and Certifications

CFHP (Training)
Training Institute:
FTTH Council Americas
Date Attended:
August 2015
Duration:
300 hours
Electronic Equipment repairing & Testing (Training)
Training Institute:
Govt Poly Technic Institute Sargodha
Date Attended:
May 2006
Duration:
90 hours
Fiber Optic Cable Splicing & Jointing (Training)
Training Institute:
Telecom Foundation Lahore
Date Attended:
July 2008
Duration:
180 hours